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Proverbs 5:12

Proverbs chapter 5 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

Context

v.11And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

v.12This passage

v.13Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 44:4

    Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

  • Proverbs 6:23

    For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

  • Proverbs 12:1

    Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  • Genesis 19:9

    And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.

  • Zechariah 1:4

    Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Return ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith Jehovah.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:16

    And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Have we made thee of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.